Exam 3: Victimology: Exploring the Experience of Victimization

Describe the consequences of victimization.What role should victims play in the criminal justice process? Support your answer.

The best readily available predictor of future victimization is ______.

A sex offender kidnaps a screaming young girl from a playground and molests her.According to the continuum of responsibility provided by victim precipitation theory, the young girl in this case would possess which level of responsibility?

Identify one right provided by the Crime Victims Bill of Rights.

The worse consequences for most crime victims are ______.

Victim precipitation theory is most contentious when it is applied to ______.

Some victims describe ______ as the rape of their home.

Describe the Crime Victims Bill of Rights, including specific rights that it provides to victims.Do you feel that this Bill of Rights has had (or will have) a significant impact on the experiences of victims? Support your answer.

Identify one occupation that has one of the highest risks for victimization.

Some people discount victimology theories as victim blaming, while others see value in identifying the risk factors of victimization.Present both sides of this argument, supporting each side with what you have learned in this class.

Females are more likely to be victimized by someone they know than by a stranger.

The Crime Victims Bill of Rights was passed by the Senate in

Define human trafficking.

Many criminologists have disparaged victim precipitation theory as victim-blaming.

Children are at a greater risk for maltreatment when not raised by both biological parents.

Seriously violent delinquents are more likely to be violently victimized than nondelinquents.

Which of the following is one of the three variables at the center of routine activities theory?

How did juvenile offending and victimization differ by gender?

Describe victimization in the workplace and school.Which occupations are most at risk? How safe are schools?

______ is a subfield of criminology that specializes in studying the victims of crime.